Surrealism Started in the 1920’s a style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or irrational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or the exploitation of chance effects. Surrealism which implies going beyond realism, deliberately courted the bizarre and the irrational to express buried truths unreachable by logic. Was developed from the Dada era
Rene Magritte Painted disturbing illogical images with startling clarity Began as a commercial artist designing wall paper and fashion ads Used this mastery of realism to defy logic The False Mirror Rene Magritte, sized/017/w500h420/CRI_ jpg
Salvador Dali Terrified of insects, crossing streets, trains, boats, airplanes, and buying shoes because of the fear of taking off his shoes in public. Placed a canvas beside his bed, and painted what he called “hand-painted dream photographs” when he awoke Represented his hallucinations with detailed realism Salvador Dali The Persistence of Memory T6hVjcL9I/AAAAAAAAAD4/1JnIshd9pCw/s1 600/the_persistence_of_memory__1931_s alvador_dali.jpg
Joan Miro Moved his brush drawing squiggles in a trancelike state, or he slapped his paint on the canvas Invented unique biomorphic signs for natural objects like the sun, moon, and animals Later these were simplified to shorthanded pictograms of geometric shapes and amoeba-like blobs Joan Miro Dutch Interior II, house.com/upload/ProductImg/Miro- 18%20Dutch%20Interior%20II,% jpg
Giorgio De Chirico Known for his eerie cityscapes with empty arcades, raking light, and ominous shadows Painting nightmare fantasies 15 years before surrealism existed Giorgio De Chirico The mystery and melancholy of a street tes/student_resources/ _fichn er/study_guide/images/ch19/chirico_mela ncholy.jpg
Pop Art By: Maria Ethier Pop Art was set in the late 1950’s Pop Art movement used advertising to express popular culture. Some artists working in this style were Robert Rauschenberg,Jasper John, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. Pop Art became the most popular form of art of this era. Collectors and everyday people wanted to had to have it
Jasper Johns 1950 to the mid-1980’s His art represented everyday objects in very abstract ways. He began putting real objects onto a canvas in 1961 The 3 Flags in one of the many ways Johns showed his emotion and interest through his paintings. Jasper Johns “Three Flags”
Roy Lichtenstein Comic Strip Imagery. Very bright colors and in your face subject matter. He painted war comics and Romance melodramas. “Girl with Hair Ribbon” 1965
WHAAM! “Whaam! 1963”
Andy Warhol Leading figure in Pop Art. Endless repeating images. His art was depersonalized and repetitive. Set up a workshop and used apprentices to mass-produce is work “100 Cans of Campbell’s Soup” 1962
“Marilyn Monroe” 1960’s